Is Iran’s attack on Israel beginning?
An attack from Iran has been anticipated by Israel and threatened by Iran: is this the start?
And what will be Israel’s retaliation? And what after that, and after that?
An attack from Iran has been anticipated by Israel and threatened by Iran: is this the start?
And what will be Israel’s retaliation? And what after that, and after that?
What indeed? Usher Qom off to meet Allah? Pay an extremely energetic visit to Fordow, Natanz, et alia? Send every floating Iranian vessel down to the bottom of a sea? Or, perhaps all of those efforts and more — so devoutly to be wished, and so doubtfully to be done.
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779265009194864989?t=RTqD0yEbBncXyGamUmHutA&s=19
Just posted on previous thread..sorry..
The ME has always been wargamed as the flash point for WW3. And with Obama/Biden at the helm, the possibility is certainly there. A nuclear exchange is certainly in play. KYAG.
By the way, it’s worth bearing in mind that every suicide-drone, land attack cruise missile, ballistic missile and the munitions used to shoot them down preemtively enroute toward Israel will fall on presumably unsuspecting uninvolved people on the ground in Iraq, Syria and Jordan, to say nothing of those which “get through” to be shot down over Judea and Samaria or Israel itself.
Prevailing winds maps show Iran to be downwind from Israel, and India’s prevailing winds sweeping to the southwest. Good and good.
I was wrong. Iran is attacking Israel. Spiraling out of control. And Biden is functionally incapable of doing what is necessary.
10% of Middle Eastern Muslims are Shia. 90% are Sunni. They have hated each other’s guts for over a 1000 years. The Sunni world is not going to shed any tears if Israel takes out Iran’s Mullahs.
Follow that up by announcing that the next terrorist attack upon Israel will carry the consequence of the loss of an Islamic ‘holy’ site. The Muslim world can either curb their dogs or suffer the consequences.
Also declare that the day that Israel suffers a nuclear terrorist attack will also be the day Mecca ceases to exist.
There are only two ways to deal with ideological fanaticism. Either with overwhelming and ruthless force or by attaching to terrorist attacks what for them is unthinkable consequence.
With any luck an errant Iranian drone or missile fragment will come down on the al Aqsa mosque.
“. . . drone or missile fragment will come down on the al Aqsa mosque.”
Which, in the typical Arab fashion, will be immediately blamed on the machinations of the accursed Joos. So, nope, no thank you.
A second wave of cruise missiles now launched. Jordan says any violation of their airspace will be shot down. The next 12 to 24 hours, I fear determine our fate. How will Russia and China respond if the US gets heavily involved?
Yeah, Israel would be blamed somehow.
So this is not the first time Israel hurt Iranian assets and resources – and the response has always been muted: some minor-scale attack or some such.
Why is Iran so bold all of a sudden? Smells like they received some assurances from their fuckbuddies in Moscow…
physicsguy:
Russia and China support Iran, but I don’t see them getting involved in a hot war except tangentially. Russia is rather over-extended, and China’s got its own agenda closer to home.
Or perhaps that’s just wishful thinking on my part.
Actually, given the current festiities, I’m waiting with bated breath for Honest A. to—once again—declare that as far as he knows, Iran has no connection with what’s going down…
(Yes THE popular DOS refrain—that, and firm warnings from “Biden” that both sides should refrain from escalation…)
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And it’s…
Houthis again (in a rather bizarre article…but the provenance is not exactly Jew-friendly…)
” ‘Surprising’ Intensity Of Houthi Attacks Push French Warship To Exit Red Sea”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/houthi-uninhibited-attacks-push-french-warship-exit-red-sea
The embassy in damascus was a coordinating hub for operations as they were in lebanon for than 40 years ago
They planned this phase months if not years ago
This is not an attack. It is saving face. What’s the inverse of a blitzkrieg?
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779276233991192655?t=w7iUq6pYkWVERYvNt7GMaQ&s=19
Hoping so.
I’m monitoring media. Both Israeli and Iranian sources agree that 100 drones and cruise missiles — or “dozens and dozens” —are going towards Israel. This may be a one and done event or a slowly unfolding event.
The UK has sent fighter jets to join in Israel’s Defense from their Cyprus air base. And just now, a Fox News reporter in DC says the US has claimed shooting down a drone from the air.
This means US Air Force or Marine jets are involved. Israel says they’ve had jet fighters in the air patrolling their border from early this evening.
The field of conflict will become clearer in hours.
Israeli TV lists areas under attack on their screens. The attack has arrived.
. . . inverse of a blitzkrieg: Schneckenfrieden
The short answer is the shambling figurehead they installed
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779281588901085201?t=EX3xkgFoBFPfXDUXjtJLMw&s=19
and:
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779281937514770868?t=61yICMXEmkECA0auDOErNw&s=19
“streiff” at Red State, who frequently writes on military matters, says Iran has “blinked;” that is, that Iran says the drone swarm was a response to the Damascus strike and can now be considered closed.
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/04/13/iran-blinks-n2172725
Iran’s mission to UN says its ‘military action’ against Israel is ‘concluded,’…
We now return to previously scheduled programming.
Oh and …warns US to stay out
Whatever
https://twitter.com/mohammed_asakra/status/1779281808816759170?t=10a3RtLdPG_mKFWRnt5ShQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779282959792517473?t=dCa2g8piCamNMGyvlv-MsA&s=19
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779283566620237855
Geez. You relax for a bit on a Saturday afternoon and the next thing you know Armageddon might be on the way…
Here’s hoping it’s just a noisy tit-for-tat from Iran.
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1779289588890010044
https://twitter.com/ELuttwak/status/1778890612332278159
Richard Fernandez, wretchardthecat, has called it:
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It’s clear by now that the Iranian strike has been a military failure. Most, perhaps nearly all, inbound have failed, been spoofed or shot down. Some casualties have been reported but the result of Iran’s massive effort have been disappointing.
https://twitter.com/wretchardthecat/status/1779292293507469706
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Fernandez was one of my OG bloggers after 9-11. I doubt he gets everything right but I find him pretty damn good.
Arma geddin’ outta here!
Such a lovely insult these lowlifes offer:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388435
Better to tell US’s Iranian operatives absolutely nothing lest those plans go straight to Teheran’s ears.
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779341083085848738?t=tGQdFmPLmUAqD_ExSFa9Yw&s=19
Contrast the valor of the Israelis with the cowardice of the Biden administration.
I’m with JackWayne. It strikes me as being a show counterattack to keep the Islamic radicals happy. Or not too disgruntled.
The other factor is that it costs Israel & the US a lot more to defend against this than the cheap drones cost.
”Russia and China support Iran, but I don’t see them getting involved in a hot war except tangentially. Russia is rather over-extended, and China’s got its own agenda closer to home.
I agree with Neo here. Russia has thrown everything it has at Ukraine and is tied up there. China can’t project much force that far. They have a few warships in the area, but those warships are a looooong way from home if hostilities break out.
China is a major power close to home, but projecting force even a quarter of the way around the world is something only a few countries can do at all and only one country can do well. China is not that country.
”This is not an attack. It is saving face.”
Let’s not kid ourselves. This was a major attack on Israel by the Iranians involving over 330 air assets. It only seems inconsequential because Israel was being defended by the three most technologically advanced militaries in the world (the US, the UK, and Israel (and also Jordan!)). This attack would have done major damage were that not so.
The Mullahs are unhappy…
…but nothing that a few more tens of billions of dollars uploaded to Iran—along with several additional secretary-ships to UN Human Right orgs (particularly to help women)—shouldn’t be able to solve…
Besides, how can “Biden” possibly convince ANYONE that “he”‘s an “honest broker” in the M.E. if he doesn’t continue to support Iran (& friends) in their intense and rather impressive efforts to make the world a better place by destroying the Zionist Entity(TM)?
(Think about it…)
“…Smells like they received some assurances from their [buddies] in Moscow…”
(Or in DC….)
Speaking of which…what about that hijacked container ship in the Persian—Arabian?—Gulf?
Hey, yous Zios! Listen up!!
Take it from the “Middle East is quieter now than it’s been for the last 20 years” people…further amplified by the mystery hospital dude that saw fit to further amplify Hamas’s bogus casualty numbers, no doubt to ensure regional—and global—PEACE!!
“Austin to Gallant: Notify us in advance of response to Iranian attack;
“Meanwhile, US officials tell NBC News that there is concern in Washington that Israel could do something quickly in response to Iran’s attacks without thinking through potential fallout afterward.”—
Is there nothing “Biden” won’t do…to ensure peace and good-will for all humankind??
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/388435
(Heavens forfend that the Israeli government won’t think things through like…”Biden” does…!)
+ (no surprises here) Bonus:
What are “Fact-Checkers” for anyway????
“Snopes Changed Fact-Check After Pressure From Biden Administration…”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/snopes-changed-fact-check-after-pressure-biden-administration-emails
Numerous photos were posted to X of explosions in the sky over the West Bank and Jerusalem, including one of the Dome of the Rock with explosions above. So, Israel and its allies protected some major Muslim locations. My vision of Iran damaging the al Aqsa mosque could have happened.
I think Israel should finish the job in Gaza before considering any further action, other than defensive, in Lebanon or with Iran.
Urgent: This is now the sky of the Jordanian capital, #Amman, intercepting suicide planes
A fierce war is now over Amman and Daraa
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YES I can confirm this – I recognize that bit of concrete from the balcony of the apartment above… they only have concrete that color in Amman…
Ah, so Iran’s note about “concluding” the affair was a feint. May the LORD keep you and your country, Ben David. The Daily Mail says Israel has obliterated a Hizbullah weapons cache building in eastern Lebanon.
JNS, “Biden reportedly tells Netanyahu Israel should see self-defense as ‘win,’ US won’t join attack on Iran”
https://www.jns.org/biden-reportedly-tells-netanyahu-israel-should-see-self-defense-as-win-us-wont-join-attack-on-iran/
[An aside: I think the “reportedly” ought to be dropped from the header, since this story is actively spread by Biden people everywhere. — sdferr]
These are obscene children in charge of US policy. What more fitting manner for a once great and good republic to extinguish itself?
So the $100B Obama/Biden sent to Iran comes back over the horizon in missiles, drones. I can’t wait for Schumer et al to respond on Sunday morning talk shows.
Will Israel respond? Not that you will see.
Mossad you’re up.
Global response, as expected.
The sound of silence also works
https://grabien.com/story.php?id=468503
This might be a Guinness record for low expectations:
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, General Hossein Salami, on Sunday applauded the drone and missile attack on Israel, lauding it as more successful than expected…
Wow. Sounds more like Baloney than Salami.
Holy hell I hope this isn’t true, but it’s not altogether implausible is the thing: https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1779512742350635038?t=P6F2QkD5CAjxajVsIjU0Uw&s=19
Omri Ceren has the drift:
https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1779546382728139025?t=dy2pLXZTlIMIv0opYVcmbQ&s=19
There is something not right about all of this.
Iran’s terror-enabling supreme leader only opens the door for Israel to hit back hard
Yes, perfect time to take out Khamenei and other top leaders—Hassan Nasrallah also (tho he may have already been on a target list)
*Sigh*
https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-796989
well the notion that biden could convey anything, makes it inprobable, now the officials, (no names always) might pretend such things happen,
Long article in the weekend WSJ on how AI has enabled the speed and believability of fake news. The Turkey thing has to be fake. It just has to be.
we shall see what tomorrow brings as well as tuesday which is Israeli independence day,
There is no such thing as a suicide drone. Without a pilot, not suicide, with pilot, not a drone.
Israeli Coalition Unified in Call for Retaliation Against Iran – Israel’s war Cabinet will decide what the response will be – a brand new set of options for Israel has been given by Iran in this direct attack against Israel – I wouldn’t expect Israel to just grab the first piece of candy they see in this new ‘Iranian Candy Store’. 😉
What does Iran have on Obama/Biden?
Today at church the pastor mentioned something along the lines – I do not remember the exact words – but the distressing news about another attack in Israel. He mentioned the command to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
I came to the conclusion a while back that praying for the peace of Jerusalem may actually be a prayer for this age to come to an end and the next to begin. I do not think there is much hope for LASTING peace in the Middle East in the current age.
I do think that ” peace ” in the Middle East is like WW1 supposedly being the “War to end all wars.” I am very skeptical of “peace”- and people who claim they can make peace- in this age.
Some of my skepticism is , admittedly, influence by my interpretation of Biblical prophecy about a seven year treaty in the OT book of Daniel -and this is an extrapolation, not a direct reading – a trick meant to deceive the Jews perhaps into a false sense of security- near the end that gets broken halfway thru…
point taken although the reading of revelation in conjunction with 2 thessalonians would suggest a figure of religious rather than political significance, there was a brief interregnum brought about by the Abraham Accords, how real it turned out to be, hard to guess, if the regime had not hacked at every part of the framework with wild abandon, maybe we would know,
Peace by itself is insufficient, if the rogue actors are allowed to arm and train insurgents, to target the near enemy and the far, first the Saturday people, then the Sunday ones,
The attack was a failure. They could have done more damage by unleashing their terror cells in Gaza and the West Bank.
Technology has changed war. It’s now like a Star Wars video game. New strategies and tactics are needed.
I assume that Iran’s air defenses are not as sophisticated as Israel’s.
If I was Isrrael, I would hit back on their launch sites, their drone/missile manufacturing plants, and their nuclear facilities. If a high rate of success is achieved, the message sent should be clear.
It’s time for the democratic nations to draw closer and to stand solidly against the forces of non-democratic aggressor nations. Unfortunately, the Iran lobby in our DoS seems to be quite influential. Our policy suffers as a result.
Believe it or not—Fake News doesn’t just come from the left-wing, it also comes from the right-wing. 😉
In Defense of Joe Biden – by John Hinderaker
Yes, let Israel take their time selecting which candies they want in this new ‘Iranian Candy Store’!
Iran just gave Israel a brand new set of options…
honestly is hinderaker on the same planet, has he not seen what has happened in the last six months, where he has given Hamas and Iran, an iron lung full of breathing space, how he abandoned the American hostages, to god knows what horrors. and he doesn’t even demand an accounting from Hamas,
seriously are you this gullible, at this wretched diseased gang that has brought down hell everywhere they touch, but orange man scary,
Israel describes Iran’s 350-missile attack as a ‘declaration of war’ – yeah, Iran has given Israel a *LOT* of new options…
J.J says, “If I was Isrrael (sic), I would hit back on their [Iranian-ed] launch sites, their drone/missile manufacturing plants, and their nuclear facilities.”
I absolutely agree with him.
Was it Lincoln who said “One war at a time”? Israel should probably bide their time and focus on Iran’s proxies.
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1779619673409032361?t=WgIzEl1lM5soDn9jZEZkvA&s=19
Interesting, if accurate. Makes one wonder, what, are they building them with slave labor like the Nazis did, people happy to gum up the works wherever the opportunity presents itself? Or are their designs and processes just measures of their general incompetence? Anyhow, again, if true, keep up the bad work, y’all !
The enemy doesnt think that they are overextended attacking israel from three or four directions
Ok
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/israel-on-alert-as-iran-launches-drones-toward-jewish-state
Why would the Mad Mullahs not think the Israelis would take this seriously enough to really hammer them, not just hit some proxies someplace?
Is there something underground we don’t know about? Some strategic IDF or IAF facility penetrated, highest officers turned?
Can it be anything less serious than this?
Or maybe the Mad Mullahs really believe that if they and Iran are destroyed in righteous struggle, the next whosits will show up and it’s worth it?
The Turkey thing has to be fake. It just has to be.
The Babylon Bee finds it hard to make stuff up these days, their satire keeps turning out to be true. I find the report believable, we will see.
Like the coyote and the sheepdog they hate each other but they have contempt for israel as a common bond
Like other commenters I suspect Iran is saving face after Israel killed a top Iranian general who was involved in the Hamas October 7 terrorist strike on Israel. To recap:
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An organization affiliated with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed that Iranian General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike on April 1, played a key role in the mass murder of 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, on October 7.
The U.S.-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) located the shocking admission and translated it into English. Iran’s Coalition Council of Islamic Revolution Forces published on April 3 a notice of mourning and recognition for the late Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, Zahedi.
Zahedi was the IRGC’s commander of its elite Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon and was killed along with six other men in Iran’s diplomatic compound in Damascus [Syria].
https://www.foxnews.com/world/assassinated-iranian-general-involved-planning-execution-october-7-hamas-massacre-report
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I doubt Iran expected its drone attack would succeed against current tech possessed by Israel and allies. Likely Iran isn’t too worried about a drastic Israeli response, given the attack’s failure and all the world pressure brought against Israel already.
I see the drone attack as a play for the home audience and maybe to exacerbate the rift between Israel and the West.
Any response Israel brings to bear is OK by me, but Iran may have calibrated its attack well. Heck, the Biden team may shower Iran with more billions to keep Iran sweet.
“What does Iran have on Obama/Biden?”
One possibility is, “They’ve got nothing.” I.e., “Biden” and Iran are “simply” allies—AKA “The alliance that dare not speak its name”….
Another possibility is that Decent Joe, who has opened himself up to potential blackmail on a variety of fronts (AKA “diversity”?)—because of his and his family’s litany of crooked, um, “adventures”—IS IN FACT being blackmailed by China (and/or others), with Iran asking its pals in Beijing (primarily, I would assume, or maybe its pals in other countries) to tighten the screws on “Biden”, on certain let’s call them “special” occasions (AKA “when required”), which may, of course, translate into “all the time”.
Note that the two possibilities above are NOT mutually exclusive.
To be sure, “Biden” MAY NOT HAVE TO BE blackmailed, per se, by Beijing, IF—and this might well be the case—“he” has decided to align with Xi for broader ideological reasons, e.g., the pressing need to weaken the USA and/or mutual adherence to the WEF/WTF agenda (which latter two options are—ALSO—most certainly NOT mutually exclusive).
All of the above demonstrates precisely why Trump had to be defenestrated in 2020 and why he MUST NEVER be allowed near the WH again.
OMMV…of course…
I see the drone attack as a play for the home audience…
I thought the same, but I’m having second thoughts. Or at least that it may have backfired. I haven’t read all the details of the attack, but if 100% of well over 100 missles and drones were shot down that is a humiliation. I think the last thing Iran wanted was a show of strength for Israel and the U.S.
Another view (from Mark Steyn):
“When the Dust Settles”—
https://jewishworldreview.com/0424/steyn041524.php
H/T Powerline blog.
Concluding grafs:
Ha, Barry, I just came here to post that Steyn piece. There were some very odd aspects of the Iranian assault on Israel.
Yes, well, it’s clever but perhaps a bit OTT…simply because, the Mullahs will not know how Israel might respond in the future—unless Israel informs “Biden” before it acts, which it, PRUDENTLY, will not now do except perhaps maybe 30-60 seconds prior (cf. the latest assassinations in Damascus).
IOW we simply do not know; and thus any further froward behavior on the part of the Mullahs may result in, for them, less than desirable consequences.
What we do know, though, is that Iran (and friends) is/are emboldened; though we should have already known this when “Biden” was “elected”….
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-identifies-isis-suicide-bomber-killed-american-troops/story?id=109224970
Brandon must be reelected or he faces the prospect of dying in an orange jumpsuit since his junta has established that a President has no judicial immunity for actions done while he was the chief executive. Thus he will do anything that is politically expedient for his own interests (forget the country’s interests or even the wider Dem. party’s interests). First save Joe, then Jill, then the Bidden Crime Family, everyone else? LOL.
Commander.
I fear that Israel will now never know peace.
Golly gee, the brass (Generals) conlude that boots on the ground (snipers) were mistaken in their ID of the potential bomber.
Qui bono?
The brass and FJB.
If treason doth prosper none dare call it treason
In wars and conflicts, it is unheard of for an attacker to inform their enemy about their intentions, including the specifics of the attack and its timing.
https://youtu.be/APi4E_UB-kY
https://youtu.be/vLyI3264_tA
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1zxqlsxa